A Prophet Crying in the Wilderness: Montana’s Governor Vows to Continue His Fight Against Citizens United

Richard Schiffman, Truthout: "’I’m just a rancher who ended up governor of Montana,’ Brian Schweitzer is fond of saying. In a world where even Mitt Romney paints himself as a populist with humble roots, one might reasonably be skeptical of Schweitzer’s self-portrait. The governor of the Big Sky State, however, appears to be the real deal – a plainspoken 51-year-old farmer and irrigation engineer, who had never held public office before he ran for the highest post in Montana eight years ago."